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NAMEassert.h — verify program assertion
SYNOPSIS
#include <assert.h>
DESCRIPTION
The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the
ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here
and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1‐2008
defers to the ISO C standard.
The <assert.h> header shall define the assert() macro. It refers to the
macro NDEBUG which is not defined in the header. If NDEBUG is defined
as a macro name before the inclusion of this header, the assert() macro
shall be defined simply as:
#define assert(ignore)((void) 0)
Otherwise, the macro behaves as described in assert().
The assert() macro shall be redefined according to the current state of
NDEBUG each time <assert.h> is included.
The assert() macro shall be implemented as a macro, not as a function.
If the macro definition is suppressed in order to access an actual
function, the behavior is undefined.
The following sections are informative.
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
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